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February 14, 2006

Mediots Salivating Over VP Dick Cheney's Hunting Accident

Cheney made an unfortunate mistake and inadvertently shot Harry Whittington, another member of his hunting party. His wounded friend is in the hospital, and has reportedly suffered a heart attack due to birdshot in his heart. Cheney is no doubt gravely upset at his tragic mistake.

Dick Cheney is an avid and accomplished bird hunter. Last year I flew into Pierre, South Dakota the same day Cheney flew out on Air Force 2. We were both there for the same reason...to hunt pheasant in the pheasant hunting capital of the world. If you've never been bird hunting, you can read this pheasant hunt story to get an idea of what it's like:

We hunted today until about 2:30. I really didn’t do very well on the last day, as I couldn’t really focus. I was too tired or too something. I started getting gun-shy from the birds. It’s hard to describe the terror that those birds can put in you. I nearly stepped on two roosters and more hens than I could count. When those birds explode right underneath you, it will make your heart stop. Twice I couldn’t even get the safety off before the bird was gone. The hens were just unnerving the way they’d let you nearly step on them before they flew.

Every time the dogs started coming by me and getting birdy, I’d just hold my breath and sort of pull back, afraid of what would explode from the grass. It’s really the most bizarre illusion. You can sit there staring at the grass, and there’s nothing there. Just six or nine inches of hay or winter wheat stubble. And a Labrador retriever will walk through it and out comes deer, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, rabbits.

Anyone that has ever been bird hunting understands that it's not hard to accidentally shoot someone in the field. When you're flushing birds in the field, they don't fly up where you expect them to, and they don't head the direction you'd like. The adrenaline starts pumping when the birds explode from the brush, and they frequently fly between hunters, so you have to be really sure of where everyone in the party is when you pull the trigger. I've been an avid hunter all of my life and I've never shot anyone, but people are human, and people do make mistakes. Our thoughts and prayers should be with VP Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington in this difficult time.

Update: As inconceivable as it may be, the tree-huggers are covering news stories on Paul Begala on CNN and Dana Milbank at MSNBC dressed in hunter orange, making fun of this tragic accident. Have these people no shame?

Update 2: Cheney's hunting accident is "red meat" for the mediots. Video of White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan fending off the frothing liberal reporters.

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Posted by Peenie Wallie on February 14, 2006 at 01:03 PM

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Posted by: Robert Frick on February 15, 2006 at 12:49 PM

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